Bale-tie.



A. T. WEAVER.

BALB TIE.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY ll, 1913.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEToE.

ALBERT T..V WEAVER, QF JOLIET, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN STEEL & WIRE COMPANY QF NEW JERSEY, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, .A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

BAILE-rrr.

Patented sept. s, 1914.

Application led July 11, 1913. Serial No. 778,519.

Joliet, in the county of Will and State of" Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates in general to ties for packaging bundles, bales and the like, and has more particular reference to bale ties adapted for use in connection with cotton bales.

One of the primary objects of the invention is the provision of a bale tie which shall be light, but at the same time strong and durable, which can be used on a gin bale.

and also on a compress bale without change or alteration in structure, and which, when applied, will retain the bale under the requisite compression and will present no projecting ends, or rough or sharp edges.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art asy the same becomes better understood by reference to the accompanying description when vconsidered in connection with the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmentary view., of a bale supplied with my improved bale tie; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view looking at the bottom face of my novel buckle.

On the drawings, the bale, which is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, is designated by reference character 5 and one bale tie is shown as embracing the same. The tie, which is desig' ad to provide a double wire band around the bale, comprises in the present instance a loop `6 of endless wire, preferably made from a single length of wire, the ends of whinh are welded together. The loop is made longer than the perimeter of the largest bale to be tied, so that one end of the loo may be inserted through the other and rawn back to exert the required tension. The loop is secured about the bale under the proper tension by means of -a buckle designated enerally by the reference character 7. This uckle consists of a metal plate provided adjacent one .end with apertures 8, through which the wlres of the loop are threaded before their ends are welded together. Adjacent the opposite end of the plate a large preferably rectangular lopening 9 is provided and intermediate the ends of the plate the metal is stamped inwardly to provide a hook 10 and the guard 11 projecting toward and disposed adjacent to the hook. l

In applying the tie thevvire loop is first passed around the bale, and the end 12 of the loop, which projects between the buckle 7 and the bale, is inserted outwardly through the opposite end 18 of the loop, then dra-Wn back and passed inwardly through the opening 9 of the buckle, and then positioned over the hook 10. These operations may be performed while the loop is slack and the loop 12 is prevented from slipping off the hook 10 until the tie has been placed under the proper tension by the over-hanging uard 11. The buckle is now slid backwarly along the loop away from the end 13 until the t1e has been placed under the requisite tension, the buckle being then held against slippage bythe engagelment of the` edges of the apertures 8 wlth the wire.

It will be observed that the apertures 8 are very little larger than the wires and when tension is exerted upon the buckle longitudinally thereof the Wires are gripped by the edges of the apertures and 1n most instances are bent, as indicated by reference charactenlfl, so that theslippage ofthe buckle alon the wires undertension exerted longitudina ly of the buckle is prevented.

It will be manifest that the tie disclosed is adjustable to bind bales or bundles of various sizes, and when used for binding cotton, lthe ties are made of suicient length Vto be used initially in connection with a gin bale and when this bale has been reduced in size by a compress machine a buckle may be slipped back along the loop a sufficient dis-` tance to reduce the size of the tie, so that it will bind the compress bale.

While I have shown and described one preferred embodiment ofthe invention, it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and arrangement of the various .parts may 4be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim: 1. A bale tie comprising a loop of endless wire, and a lbuckle slidabl vmounted on said loop near one end thereof and provided with a hook, the end of theloop projecting beyond said buckle being'passed' through the opposite end of the loop, doubled back, passed through an aperture in the buckle and engaged with said hook.` Y

2. A bale tie comprising la loop of endless` IWire, a buckle consisting of a metal plate provided with apertures through which the wires of the loop project, and a tongue intermediate the ends thereof with which the end of the loop assing through the plate is engaged 'after Being inserted through the other end of said loop.

3. A bale tie comprisinv a double loop ofv endless wire, and a buckle consisting of a metal late slidably connected at one end with tie loop, provided with Aanv aperture adjacent the other end and having a hook intermediate its ends, .one end of the loop being passed through the other end thereof and attached to said hook,vwhereb the tie may be tightened by sliding the buc le backward on the tie.

4.' A bale tie comprising a metal plate provided with Wirereceiving apertures adjacent one end, a large aperture adjacent the other end and a projectingtongue intermediate itsl ends, and an endless wire loophaving individual Wires passed throu h said first mentioned apertures, inserted t rough the opposite end of the loop, then threaded through said single enlarged aperture and engaged with said tongue.

5. A bale tie comprlsing an endless wire loop, and a metal buckle, said buckle conf sisting of a metal plate (provided with a pair of apertures at one en through which the wires of the loop are slidablyv disposed, a tongue intermediate its ends, and a guard disposed adjacent said tongue to prevent disengagement of an .end of the wire loop 1 from said tongue, the end of the loop projecting through said apertures being in- 'serte'd through the other end of the loop, 4 doubled back and-engaged with said tongue.

6. A baletie comprising an endless wire loop adapted to provide a double Wire band around a bale, one end of said loop being `passed through the other end and drawn back to exertproper tension on the bale, and a buckle consisting of a metal plate having a projecting tongue engaged with said drawn-back loop end and a guard toI prevent disengagement of said loop end from the tongue, said buckle being perforated to receive the wires of said band, the

edges of said perforations being adaptedto gri the wires and prevent slippage of the buc le under tension exerted longitudinally' thereof. j

. ALBERT T. WEAVER. Witnesses:

JAMES E. SIME, S. F. ALLEN. i 

